Spain rescues 262 migrants in Canary Islands as EU mulls migration
Migrant arrivals by sea to Spain have increased by a fifth so far this year compared to the same period in 2022.
A group of 61 migrants on a wooden boat are rescued by crew members of the Geo Barents migrant rescue ship, operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders), in international waters off the coast of Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea September 28, 2023.(photo credit: REUTERS/DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI)